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MAILS. ARRIVID...I Dublin. 2 WAtcrtortl, Din-- I Cottenliurgh, r Dublin, 4 Wittettorcl, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TINILY& WeLOCK. 00115013 • • - - 66 atpUitUTl - - - •. I T $l3 l N -t, , OOLXM taut. VICAR& NALSUM AUOCAT? LONDON, Wt.DNILSDAY, JAI , ICIAItY 4, 1809. Wz. this morning received.. Po . rtuskse Papers . . to the 2ist l'hey contain a more detailed,and satisfaaory account of the last attack of the French upon &ragOssa, than we have yet received.. The French, it appears, _made a neat desperate attempt • to carry the city by btolll, it c 1" ) ) o .t ,r 7 V.ptilSid,.i. l 6o!" a . long . ' anti obstinate aaion,j.iptAhot i l t t l e loss of 2.'000 Bien killed. It is not: stated)wkijch: of the French Generals commanded upon thlOie l ca;:i00; - "hilf ii was probably Marshal NEV, whose return fe..om Sara go'ssa was mentioned in the Frt.ncli PaperS,. thiingh they preserve a profound;silence respl6ung his opt= rations before that place. ft • .• ' WitkriMilt we may think' of the Report 'of . the Conti -of gnquiry,- cannot avoid cxpres,sing our AisapprobatiOn of the Very illitxJral manner in:which .the Opposition Writers persevere in , their attacks tApon Sir Atm 11 R Wer.LesLi' and our gallant 4rmy. The Chief Organ of 'Party/ adverting , to this Re- port, gives vent to the following sarcasm, which is as destitute of truth as :of candour and decency. In the Report,. it sap), justice is done Idm (gir A. W.) for his c0tt4944 hvit,liefore and in the battle of Vimiera, in which, with 47,000 Walsh Troops, and 000 l'ortugues6,4 l llotnpletely . re pulsed t 4,000 of the enemy." Now these Writers must know, that of the forces under the,:command of Sir Awrnua. WE.I.I.LEY, oneqhird at least was not in the baffle of Vimiera, and therefore this iliisrepicsentati . on ii a refleaion . upon our bravo rountryino, as well as' upon' their gallant. Corn.; mandcr. The truth is, that the British forees en gaged were much inferior inmrobruto the Enemy, , and yet they Otained a vianif. 7 7 Tritic); ,, , Wu 'can n t!, ure the Public, that:the aisertion, that General SruNoun has refuted,to, serve 'in Spain or POrtitgal, is totally without foundation. 'The, fad )3, that in contegnence of the tinignes he hail un dergoiw doling the list:year, his heahit 'is at:lin:- sent much impaired, and he • has been' ordered to for the'honetit : Of the wateri, The : General, :AS soon, as he - shall ho suftieiently-reernited La utuletta4e the fatigues of another campaigue, will join the Army, General SPENCER' never, in any Of .his life, declined any , duty; et rtifused any . 'seri'iite upon which he was ordered. . Yesterday the Duke of Ytitt'Klicqd n public clay, hii (Mice in the noise Guitrclii gtwe fitalience to a .otimber of Military Ottekiitl'ot 1..0rd CAnTi.tilit.nott had - arl-vindlerte floyal le:is alter Ilie Cabinet Conikil'broke it. , . Saturday J.ord and Laity Sunt.ey artivol at Wind sor, on Et emit to their MAJUSTiPI, Ontlands', rho country . residence of their Royal 14hisesseii the ,Duke - nod Duchess of Yoe IC, has heen.the see lo of .rituch festivity during the hell dapi. On christmas Day their. Royal HiglineLo.6 had a party of twenty ; nod Iltere, were several small parties during , the week. On Saturday and Sunday nutuerons parties were .assembled . ; the latter thy . heing,..New Year's Day, tiwir lloyal flighiles6es wero , oblige:t4 10 le eve their gile : itm to. attend their M.orniitts party of the ltoyol . , 4.pky,nt Windsor where, besides those' we mentol Isterday, were awenibled. ihe- nuke of Ktem,i i , a , R St.ll3sDli, , and Pti0,c39.6 &Ism of Gt.ouct.stitt lo , ~ ~ - A very eomilderable part ot the present Expedi titlii cnnsists of reinfoteements to the corps in Spain. end Portugal, the Scots Anya 113,4141, 7 t anti 79th, ilighlandregiments the 9th; 29th, and that en i. tiently distinguished corps, the ooth regiment, with very large reinforcements of both men and Officers; but there ifoto. cores in those armies that does not want itterutti:ievery corps, both in Spain and Pond be coinpleted.to tlwir present establishment, lu ibis way the yd , or 3d battiilloa at home are eminently usetbliu Purseries fur the Ist battolion nn service. So great is the 'press for men now going off, that, to prevent delay, the forces frout country, Scot land. and ItelOnat will, mAppowd, bail 'in sepa. rate and sitiglv couvoya ; and that even the artillery, 67tit, and 4th regime:its, with reitlitircett)euts for ali the.ininlems fo . ..clAy by thetn. tieivoi, if the Gturtitt clrt not li. roving thcni to follow With a. fisp:trittls , convoy. With the large retutot - coments nOw4niiing, it will atooont- to the ft 101idable 111,11,13ber \ of nenrly 70,01)0 itkh trttopse—At proem, Liout—Gener3l Sir Cohn Moore. i 3 ComMander in Chief. Sir I),Jviii Secosti in C0011)13;4, ---------- John Stewin will b Third in t'orn. 1114W.1 wite,l iir ; lobri 16 Third Coni;n4,:ti At . "." -. " -- 1 . • Sir Arthur Wellerley will be Fourth i t t Vomtnatut When he utriv;:s ; ; htt-t;enartil •A. tat tf3501'15 Fourth in Costunsrhisc present. Lieutenant. General Sir isHlNAnocx, and nil gatlier-General AN ST rang 11.1ve been left iu.Por tugal, but with very kw Iro The, Iris Frigate, Captain Tower, goes as convoy of the Expedition, now At PorsitnAuth, PORTV'CIiESZ P4PB4S. OFF4CIAL lIITELLIGENCk;. Ltsnot, Ditc. 30513 PALAFOX, General in Chief of the Army, under date of the 2d instant, sends the following report to the Supreme Central Junta. .The Enemy, from-12 to 16,000 strong,, sup ported by 2000 horse, attacked,_ on the Ist instant, the extensive line of the Canal of Arragint; near Sa ragossa. The bridge, defended by the intrepid 4r iagonese, was three times taken and re- . taen. I Tbe division of Asturian troops, whieksefves in this army, bahaved with the utMost-'gatTank6, and attacked the enemy , with such uncommon intre pidity and spirit that they completely routed and Compelled him to retreat with the titniOst , precipita.; lion, notwithstanding his great seperiOritY t o num bet% left 2000 killed on the keld . of baple, ancl conVinted,' by hiq complete' defeat, that it he lately obtained some advantages, ho was merely itt. ,debted for them to casualties arising from circum. stances, and to the want of subordination and discip;,., line which prevailed: among some of our troops. — Let them o imitate the perseverane`e of Alith . Arragonese, and their obedience to their Generals and Chiefs , 'and the enemy will soon expel ience that neither the rapidity of his `movementi, whit his botistedsupe riority in tactics, can .anbdue a nation which has sworn to live and die free. • . g.Spaniarcis, let .us - fulfil that sacred 0, , ,th Cod, Ole King, the country, our wives and childieo ex ,;ad it from us l(t us nut frUstrate their hopes,, the hopes of all Europe, which has her eyes tiN.ec on. tIS with admiration and envy."—Liston (7(1:-,ette, r 6, 1808. . . //O, Dec 10, 1808, • BADAJOZ, Due.. g. The Badajo; Diary of this day.contains the following article " I g the,htst lettets &dm Madrid:.we were al ready made acquainted with _the State ol .deli,atee of that Capital, aucl the ardour which. persons of both sexes occ , ..4pied tho batteries . , of thoinhabitants vas such, that LAdies and Gentlernen of the first distin6tion, ,without, ,being called upon by the Government, hastened to the gates ofiAtoehi and Toledo, to WE)ti<'ht the fortiftcatiotta witkelt ere construaed at those gates:, In this situation, .far from being dispirited by the near approach of art enemy who, at the cxpence of much blood, has penetrated into the heart of the country in.order to render its ruin more emit , ' old able, that magnanimous 'people node bath to avenge the heroes. of Nuntativia nnd , .saritgossa ; the inhabitants of Madrid •becanut soldiers,, and those of the neighbouring places haitelied to ,tt)eir . assiantico on the first notice they received from the capital, , . " An Englishman who yesterday passed through thikt place, on his way to Lisbon, communicated, to us the pleasing intelligence, that Cioyo Frenchmen, who had the andaciv to penetrate into tht town by one of the bridgos, were repulsed wit 4 gre4,t daugh. ter."—(4/ston Gazett s e,, Dec. 17). Maputo., Nov, f29.—Our Gazette of ibis. day contains two letters from the Viceroy of Mexico', Don D'lTußftsomine to t Govinnoi. of Ittidiz Don MOLLA, the substance of which is, as follows : , . MEXICO, AUG. C4.-w1 WWI you the most per lea health, and that you may proceed ' J • portent affairs which YU4 have undemilien I,viih the utmost diligence =and success. .All „this ,E t ingcloim is animated with the best sentiments, and will:,eon tilltlV so till our-Monarchs areyestored fo . Spain, and we have the satisfactiou we so much deSire under their orders.' I have determined to send. this ,ship to give information of every thing to.the %ha ms, and assure them of our fraternity and good disposition to ; assist them with pc*tiary supplies, if we cannot deitiiitlariaups4- noitlbat Ave are in want of them, for we have both cavalry and intantry in very good condition. I have many things to cotnalut4ciite but little time to write, having much to do (hqp we may be prepared for every event. " Jost; DlTTuttagamott." Mezica, Sept. 4, 1808, .~. Yestertlo, at two acioek, 0 Cabinet Council was held at Jlte Foreign Of whic J h was the t i tOne ral meeting of Ministers that has taken plOct! $:/ice Thursday sent - tight. The public buidness tli.ii 1183 occurred since, necessary to be laid before 1 IS MA JASTY in Council, to be holden this thy at the queen's Palace, was arranged. An Atnerican vessel, which lately's:tiled I'44' thii cbutory for Amsterdam, has returnod i lim . iiikpeon refostgi permission to land,—So great is the severity with which the Dutch Decrees against commerce are enforced, that not the slighteln c , immurociaion t ; was allowed between her and the shore., She ntil.,, of course, brought nu news. The frott ha+in Itet in., she was obliged to:cut the ie,.., and vvaqa out OC, Amsterdam harbour. , Prom the LONDON GAZE77.B, 7in. Man.' Alinirdlig _Office, Jan. 3, 180 g. • Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood has, with letter of the nbth of Oetoberiast, transmitted total Hon. William Wellesley Pole, a letter fr0m,,:.006 giving in a Pearse, his Majesty's Sloop the flallOti; an account of the capture of the whole of a convoy ' belonging to the enemy under the Town of Dia mante,'on the Bth or Sqtember,.hy the abOve the Weazle, (Captain Prescott), atld a . Neapolitan Gitlley,' with a . . Detachment of the Army under the command,OlLiententint-Colonel Bryce., . Lord Collingwood conirifehd§ the' ittkl.dex- - 'terity of Captains Pearso and Prescott, tts. als9 the ability with which .t he to,operationof the army vrits ' coidu6led on the above enterprize, which was. at chieved without any loss on our pair. N. B. The Particulars of the above affair are rpn tained in the letter and inclosure from Lieutenant ,Llen&ral Sit' John Stuart, inserted in the Gazetteiof the 13th • • tc_ • • ildinirally-Otyce, Jan. 3, 11419.. Copy of a Lettersfrom Captain Thomas flahrey, of His bla..t jesty's Ship the Standard, dated oil Coati, 2611 i lune, to Vice. Admiral Lord Cuntinander in .Chier in thy. Mediterranean, and transmitted by the latter to tlte.llon,, W. W. Vote. MX Lottb,, At daylight this morning I fell in with La Volpe ? Italirtt thm-hoat, commanded by Ensign de Vais seat) Micheli Malign), carrying an iron 4-pounder,' 'with twenty men well armed. The Li 'Legera, French Dispatch 7 boat, with a well-armed crew of fourteen men, was with La. Volpe, At, nine, the wind tailing, I sent the pinnace with Lieutenant llichard Cull, and thu eight-oared cutter with Cap lain Nicholls of the Royal iMartneS, (both %%dun teers), inebace. AftertWo hours' rowing, the wea- I.ber very hot, they approached La Volpe, who coin wooed a tire of musketry on them, which was tea turned with • the Swh•elS, and; When' near, with mu4cets. ()n the bolts Apprtiachitig each *quarter t .board, the Gun-boat pulled short round, and fired. the Cotter both•round and Grape ; the boats:o;l'k at him when he strucks and was taken posse ssik of by .Captain Nicholls; Lieutenant Cull itrike diatcly pushed on in chace * Of La Legera. Stint tinte previotts to. this l had dispatched the yaw), with Lietvenant ,Tobti Alexander, to be ready to cut h er o fr i w hi c h aflin ding him the opportunity. of obliging her to run on . short about four miles north- . Ward of Cape at. •Mary, the crew lot med on the roeks,:above her, and endeavoured* to pteveut the yawl's approach ; but she .was taken posseit,ion by Lieutenant Alexander, whty after jonuid by Lieutenant Cull, and Capt. iNicholls; th e y towed her out utyler a tire of musketry from the ShOte, which was returned by ; our Marines in the ,huats with great spirit ; one of the „IFienchnitm wit seen killed. A French Ensign .dc Vaisseau passenger in La Leger . ). 1 was much gratKied on the return - of' the boats, i in learning we lard nut ,! feted. • Iu this little affair, the gallantry And poci con 4 duct of the Officers. and men concerned pre me very satistaCtron ;, both Captain Nicholis and Lietint Cull spank in' high:terms of rhe assiSt* ;Inez! tit q [torn Messrs.. "lame; and kiaker, Mister's. Mates of the,Standard. Monsiew Monier, I , :tisign de Vaisseau, An the Staff of General Pougelet of 'Corfu, was taken in La Volpe.' I burnt boct ves,sels, i remain. ; &C. (Signed) TtIONIAS EARVEY. ThP Right tom.. Ltd Coinagwooil 444, Pr i Yst ouTu, JAN. Q....pp-Arrived the "AtiCoitnftli: • Pun.hrig from Vigo, which place the left 114 ' 1 1 ti7lll Lilt. .Previouft to her, sailing, a Messenger is stated-to have arrived there from Sir DAVID BAIRD, at &pay' eine, with Dispatches, dated the iath. Alter keying o.eneral BApti)*Arniy, the Messen ger, in six hours afterwards, passed through that of Sir Jour( Moona's in high health and spirits.-:- • It is further stated, that: the wscessesofthe French Apny, after they entered ,Madrid, were carried to • such a pitch as to cause au insurrection,, in which the gallant Spoillards were vielorions, and that they . tnasacred 50,0ud of the French Ariny. C.;enerati BLAKE's Army Icid made t stand, and were `collet: ing their Forces at Leon. A part of the lath Light Dragoons, fell in with a part!i'ef ,FrenchDragOons, 'and cut them to pieces, except :ZOO, which' they ritatle priseners. . • r A Cotter is said to hive sailed at the same time with the. Encounter, liavingon bOard Dispatches for govcrnment, containing the foregoing intelligence. It is added, but we fear 'without foqndatiott, that BuowArn x had returned to:Parsc, in-eot:legiterr ce of an iniurreaion haring taken place in La Vendee and La . Manche. 1 r . Thd Frenai Army is farther stated to have been (lerated fit Saragossa and Mesiorga. Arrived the Ranger llevent,ie Cutter,, Capt. ZER, from Deptfilrd. Arrived the l'e/enutchus, of Poole, laden with salt fish, tr(ini New finindland, captured liy ; Freuch, Privateer, and retaken by the EnCOUNier Gun-hrig: The same Priv;t i eQr captured another Brig from New , toundlatid, Which has been retaken •by tlia Lavinia Frigate. - PORTSMOUTH, JAN, 3. Arrived his Majesty's &hip 2Viobe with d i spatches Spain,land Piaeasant from; Guetusey 5 e and the Cuiziette from a •grpize. Sailed, his Majesty's Ships Primrose on a cruize ofd Havre and the Britompt to the Eastward. Mfljest.i's.Brig Ch4llager is appointed con soy for the Dawns, and the Goldfinch to the/West m a dr. A IsT , 3 on a croize off Flushing. [ ijcst3's Ship Zkntilia ::- •r 'Hi! Majesty's Ship prompettie has'brought rot(' .the Downs four French Fishing-boats which she 'wired off Dieppe. c • I" tll Y ; L . ; HEERNESS, J ANE , p. , is —..ajesty iship Blake, Captain CODRMGTON, fur the Downs, and Fisgarcl, Captain Bot..ToN, for Portsmouth.— Arrived, the Vesuvius - bomb, from the Baltic; Went -out of Harbour, and anchored at the;Ojeat Nore, his Majesty's sloop Royal- The I)aphnl utidocked, 'and the . o:tiizer 'docked. FALMOUTH : , JAN / I.—Sailed, the Prince .6ffest, packet, for the . Mediterrancan ; Larof CdiTusaiiir phcket,' for Barbadoes and the &ale packet, for America. . t .or.i.ANns $014,,x,, DEO. 26. 7 --Came" in his „i 4 qw;s Frigate Ites4tauce and the; Scorpion Slooi? of No; !roma cruise. . • s ~ ;I • • As the tneans.,of preventing our V f orranereie Ves-' sets from taing into the hands of the,Enemy, Copt - . 1 AyDyitArs, of . his ticorn, ~sta,• tioned on the Coast Of'Spiln; hqs•,issuid. a. Notice, 'stating.thanatftei of the Pdrts' now in the possession o&the Enemy. - It wasihronghi over in the Growler Gun-brig, enossm,iof,. who irrived at Ply-' mOuth'on 'Satkirday, [TA n . nYJSI A ,tequestecl that it might be generally „ circulated among the Commanders ef -all itiecty and Vessels .4outiti to Spanish Patty " • •„,;` ' ‘,l Unicirn, iifF tlitho2,lPec. 24. 'NT 1! tilOR At O'VNI • / " The French 'entered St. Azlifer° . 011`th; rSth nit, at 12' o'clock— Pfeilchenterect•St. Antanio; , Rov, a h with a force of taoc men—French ituins.sysio'n of Yioccnke„. with a turcc fsaii; tram —,Frencli at •Hurgos, item the llitctt tfceoutits—;Hri. ti,ti,,. tinder Sir .IJavici. Liainlv i•it • A tlroltii anti 'ittivatiiulrig,.. Afarguis,of itornana, with cenFr4l,Letth, at I.con-4Spanislt `c, entril Ilattastiiros . , with a struint Nrc . :e at c,',Oluntbris, situ 10iAthetvven the Wirer ire Sellaivanti'Viti - eente. ,-',. .. .; •, .' ii i the_ili c se MeinornAla.. are ftx be'niittit knewn to tiny of }lip 1(11N - sty's Shipi . )ou may inset,-anti all Vessels bau,nd so ei. ther of the a boy c... ment ionett poi . t slice to be actin:aimed 44 - heir - ' .41,,ing in possessiortuf the tnyttor. - . • , " L to bp appro4seiNd lyith oution. . • . (Staved)• ' 4 p. 0 i‘tt,Vv islits..)!,' His ,Majesty's Ship Mars arrived. in )Tarnlouth Rp4ds, •on Sunday. last,. front' GotteliWirgh; Owe slte. left. wt thv r tilt, Urign,arrivpi • at gottenbuth the day -before tram, .c:sriserima,; wilt; t'onsiderahle.diunage; by rutmint . down' (hie.. Triton,. KNAMP i . from. the Baltic for Libation ; het . convoy was ditpersed, -hot forty-three of them had arrived off Whigs •, sailed from thence on the'llit hp' tytder convoy of the "Marl and. it tsr others'of the fleet %vac . iCI charg9 of:khe sak Muguct, • and Fame, and eteven oy ttivelvii, ) 41}§prs were with 'the Earnest. Ltutta, of ttlp Mars, supposes that the first cti,iaiuu , nutlet', :convoy of the Aluart and Vesiaias, ntuAl be on tht4, coast. • . . ‘ An itupealon , of the'map of the eXtgri9iVe 11'134 comps& peninania of Spain and Portugal, will:SheW, that when the French•lorCes or pOSitIg4IOII orlitvi, drid, on the sth D:ecember last, they did not oteupy more than onevfifteentli prt of the geographical". ex* tent of 00,4 countries, .and of a line of ttew,consC of move than COOO miles, they bact.not ind,lence. over and possession of so much as too. Thu sip.til part of the country of which they had ;it 1;lit, timq. a mere military occupancy, is tifit-cliatiiigukhod 14. .ti pea, population, power,:oiitifluetice or any kind IVIe cap4al excepted,), l'he parts of the kiii,,,,,dorn 44 / tOtt which coinprize the wealth., comnierce, tnari . ,l t ilMe po.ver, and greatest population, are yet tututio tered by, the frencti. . ~ The following instance of the base treachery of a Frenph Dragoon, alter hat bpi, been vanenished by itt,• Sorjeiint of the 7th Light 11'..t goons, and taken prix. • loner, may .be relied int a 4 .1 tatii—Capt. DoltheN . FIELD, of the 7th Light Dragoons, ebininanded $ sintdl detachment of ,that regintetu, on a scouring party, and at the village of Pithy:loA they fell in witis 4 party of Fiench Light Dragoons, whom ihey en' , . gaged ,—a Seileant of the lilt combated the French/. tnen in question, and got him completely in 10' iltiwer, when the latter threw clown his sword, anti .51 . c t. his hand to sliake,,with 'his' sAverittry. The ., aMihrt,•with the tittle cltiriteteristie of an English-, rtiiiß, took him. by thic lizbidoilwit i lie aisassin drift. k a li' from his holster at -thy• moment,' and clis. 1 td it, which '.slews the eiratieshand to atornst, and killed his horse. 'fhe assaisin was instatillf, killed by the Spaniards, and bis body was consumed,: to ashes, in a fire made for that purpose; • 'Such wits.., the disgust - of the Spaniards, that ;in their vengeance( they killed the atossinva horse. - • -. ,- '-': • , ..- . .. The following is an, acpount .of the East - ,InclilE ~ Company's 'goods' 'brought twine by the ,prestany I'leet :—Bengal piece goods, .cOnsistingcfyarinoC; kinds of triostios, silk handkerehiefs, , Sic: 9290'. pieces; calicoes, gl(i9 .ditto ; ' .Bebgal prOltibjtta , goods,- 2761 ditto t Madras 'piece goods, 68,:latt•, ditto ; and ditto prohibited goods; ;2,4.43 pieces,-...: Company's drUgs and saltilti,.., t 0,083 cwt. ; co. chineal, .56001b5.; sugars, .16,44 p - 0 , 1.5 raw sag; )8 bales; hemp, Jai bale;. Colton, O bags; ants'' rice, 6439 cwt. Arnotigst the privilvged goods are, •IP, I 6 chests of indigo, and t:042 hales of cohort ;,' besides several other parcels of gooods, the partiew " laesOcicwhieb we have not yet been able. to ascertain. el l tt r I -is b.en received by ti e Colonels - of . ,e e 1, , L. ; , -. Militia •stating, that , tiks Aiojesty ha's heett.. 4 pleased to direa, that from and after rite 24th of I) , :cember, one hall of the non-commimtioned.9ol- - etts anti .Drummers allowed on the establishment Of . each regiment of Load 11•Iihila, weedier with tile Drum-major, shall be placed on permanent pay ; ' and that from the aloresaid period, t Ito Oay , of the A - ljtitaol, shall' be increased to Bs. per .rizefg,' Als . o that the allowance for iathitu specified in the' 'Oircular Letter of Ottober 27th last, not having been deemed •suftieient,, as far' as regards the'drnalt tners and private men ? his Majesty has been pleasea to direct,that it shall be' issued to the Command.' ants at the rate specified as follows :......Serjeant..Mo -- I.jor 41. los. • Serjeant al. !Qs... Dyutn.Major .0. , s. *O-- -Corporal 21, Drummer ‘.4. is. 9d.. Pet': ' 4 %/Steli4.)9s..6d. , 4tv t havi the Gla! he this 'BAIN Was MIR lane plea thou ittlL reat Oen ing "Inu. ' of tint *it the lit. - St eti I I\1( in( Ann 4 ,